I wanted to give you a book review from me for the newly released Elsa Beskow book Children of Hat Cottage. I wanted to talk about the stylistic elements of how there is a lovely since of independence of children in the stories- a welcome theme in our helicoper parenting world. I wanted to talk about the quirkiness of the old man/gnome character that seems to show up in so many of her stories. I wanted to talk about so much more in this review.
But in the end I read it with the boys this afternoon and asked them. Silas- "hmm those children did not know about fire" Jasper- " I am not sure why, I just liked it" Good enough for us- and really do I need to entice you more than the notion of children living in a cottage shaped like a hat? Well how about the fact that she rows ashore from the island to get yarn to make her children yarn because her children are so active outside they wear out their clothes? Oh Elsa- you did it again!
